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<blockquote data-quote="Lue C Fur" data-source="post: 914911" data-attributes="member: 25159">This is from the news article:The day after authorities moved in and cleaned out Zuccotti Park, about a dozen protesters went to the vacant lot, clipped the fence at the church-owned property and were arrested, along with some journalists.Since then, some Occupy protesters have launched a bid to gain the church&#039;s consent for them to use the space. Trinity&#039;s Rev. James H. Cooper said giving the protesters access to the lot would not be a safe or smart move.&quot;There are no facilities at the Canal Street lot. Demanding access and vandalizing the property by a determined few OWS protesters won&#039;t alter the fact that there are no basic elements to sustain an encampment,&quot; he wrote in a statement. &quot;The health, safety and security problems posed by an encampment here, compounded by winter weather, would dwarf those experienced at Zuccotti Park.&quot;On Friday, the top bishop of the Episcopal Church asked protesters not to trespass on the property. Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori warned it could result in &quot;legal and police action.&quot;So you feel that damaging and tresspassing on private properity is OK?&nbsp; And just because someone else does it then its OK to do also? How do you think you will get any sympathy or support from people when they see and hear incidents like this?&nbsp; </blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lue C Fur, post: 914911, member: 25159"] [COLOR=#0000CD]This is from the news article: [/COLOR][I]The day after authorities moved in and cleaned out Zuccotti Park, about a dozen protesters went to the vacant lot, clipped the fence at the church-owned property and were arrested, along with some journalists.[/I][I]Since then, some Occupy protesters have launched a bid to gain the church's consent for them to use the space. Trinity's Rev. James H. Cooper said giving the protesters access to the lot would not be a safe or smart move.[/I] [I]"There are no facilities at the Canal Street lot. Demanding access and vandalizing the property by a determined few OWS protesters won't alter the fact that there are no basic elements to sustain an encampment," he wrote in a statement. "The health, safety and security problems posed by an encampment here, compounded by winter weather, would dwarf those experienced at Zuccotti Park."[/I] [I]On Friday, the top bishop of the Episcopal Church asked protesters not to trespass on the property. Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori warned it could result in "legal and police action." [/I][COLOR=#0000CD]So you feel that damaging and tresspassing on private properity is OK? And just because someone else does it then its OK to do also? How do you think you will get any sympathy or support from people when they see and hear incidents like this? [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000CD][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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